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Pocket Map of the State of Texas

Map of Texas and portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico as well as Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), showing towns, roads, railroads, county lines, bodies of water, and in some cases property lines and ownership. Scale [ca. 1:2,027,520] (32 miles to the inch).
Date: 1879
Creator: Pressler, Charles W. & Landermann, A. B.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

County map of the state of Texas showing also portions of the adjoining states and territories.

Map shows railroads, cities and towns, military posts, counties, some roads, springs, notable geographic features, areas of Native American habitation. Includes historical notes and dates on the cessation of lands to the United States in "Indian Territory." Inset: "Plan of Galveston and Vicinity." Scale [ca. 1:3,265,000].
Date: 1879
Creator: Gamble, W. H. (William H.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sketch showing the progress of the survey in section no. IX from 1849 to 1879.

Map shows survey lines and stations along the Gulf of Mexico coast from Vermillion Bay, Louisiana to the mouth of the Rio Grande in Texas. Inset: [Continuation of the Texas coast to the mouth of the Rio Grande]. Scale [ca. 1:600,000].
Date: 1879
Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Rev. O.A. Fisher, from John Matthews] (open access)

[Letter to Rev. O.A. Fisher, from John Matthews]

Letter to Orceneth Asbury Fisher from John Matthews explaining his investigation into oculists in New Orleans for Fisher. He also informs of the outbreak of yellow fever in the city.
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Matthews, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History